Press Releases
- Pelosi Statement on VA Fixing Tuition Technicality in Post-9/11 GI Bill That Affected Veterans in California “Secretary Shinseki and the Department of Veterans Affairs should be commended for fixing a technical glitch in the Post-9/11 GI Bill that could have prevented thousands of California’s veterans from attending the school of their choice this fall.” 08/05/2009
- Pelosi Statement on the Release of Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea “Their safe return home marks a welcome end to the journalists’ nightmare, marked by a harsh 12-year sentence to hard labor in a North Korean prison camp. And it comes not a moment too soon for their families, who have advocated vigorously for their release and anxiously awaited their return.” 08/05/2009
- Pelosi Statement on New Report from Energy Information Administration That Confirms Low Cost of Clean Energy Bill “The Energy Information Agency estimates that the American Clean Energy and Security Act approved by the House will dramatically reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign oil, increase clean renewable electricity generation in America by 28 percent, while also keeping electricity costs affordable for all Americans.” 08/04/2009
- Pelosi On Energy and Commerce Committee Passage of Health Insurance Reform Legislation Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement tonight on the vote by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to pass the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, the third House committee to pass the bill this month. 07/31/2009
- Pelosi and Slaughter Introduce Legislation to Establish a National Public Health Tracking Network “This legislation would establish a national public health tracking network to allow for the detection and identification of possible connections between adverse health effects and environmental hazards.” 07/31/2009
- Pelosi on Executive Compensation Bill: ‘A Critical Step Forward to Reform the Way Wall Street Does Business’ “Congress will continue to work to provide oversight and strong financial regulatory reform to protect American consumers and taxpayers’ dollars.” 07/31/2009
- Pelosi, Democratic Leaders Remarks Today at News Conference on Legislative Accomplishments “We’ve acted not only as team, but as a partnership. And our Members have the stamina and the courage as well as the intellect and the determination to get the job done for the American people because it all comes down to them. What it means in their lives.” 07/31/2009
- Pelosi: Better-Than-Expected GDP Report Evidence That Economy Making Progress Toward Recovery “Today’s better-than-expected news that the GDP has swung more than 5 percentage points in just three months is dramatic evidence that the economy is headed in the right direction. We still have a long way to go, as millions of Americans remain unemployed and small businesses from coast to coast are suffering.” 07/31/2009
- Pelosi: Cash for Clunkers Strengthens Auto Industry, Strengthens Economy and Helps Preserve Our Environment “So this is a very positive, bipartisan initiative to help our auto industry, to help consumers, to grow our economy, to do it in an environmentally sound way, and I think is the perfect message for us to take home for August.” 07/31/2009
- Pelosi Remarks Before Meeting With President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines I look forward to discussion with the President about counterterrorism, about economic growth, which has been very successful in the Philippines, and about climate change.” 07/30/2009